In the forms viewer, I cannot submit empty fields about form-js HOT 4 CLOSED

If we do it inside the form library, we need to be 100% sure on the semantics. Let us consider the following scenarios where I added my expected output. To summarize: Every visual field should always yield an output with empty fields turning into an empty output. Everything that is invisible does not yield an output.

Future work in this area is expected, cf. #6, too.

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Thanks for opening this issue. An interesting case, indeed.

Does it make sense to do the diffing outside the form library? Or is this something that should strictly be handled inside the form library?

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I think it would make more sense to have the diffing inside the form library. Would it make sense to always include all fields, even when they are untouched and empty? This way, it is clear what fields are present in the form.

For the diffing to work outside of the library, we would also need a utility function to know which keys/variables are used in the form. Currently, we sometimes pass data into the form that is not used by the form. These unrelated variables should not be cleared as a side effect.

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One further thing to consider: How to handle fields that do not have a natural string based default value, e.g. dates or number inputs? It likely makes sense to have mandatory either a default value or that the field is required.

Alternatively we'd need to re-consider #54 (comment).

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